Jessica Walter

Born Jan. 31, 1941 in Brooklyn, NY, Jessica Walter graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts and went on to cut her teeth in regional and Broadway productions before landing her first screen role on the soap opera "Love of Life" (CBS, 1951-1980). She worked steadily on television, booking spots on everything from "Route 66" (CBS, 1960-64) to "Flipper" (NBC, 1964-67) and "Ben Casey" (ABC, 1961-66). Her film debut came in Robert Rossen's "Lilith" (1964), as Warren Beatty's old flame who marries Gene Hackman, but she soon returned to television as the musician wife of district attorney William Shatner on the short-lived "For the People" (CBS, 1965). In Sidney Lumet's "The Group"...